> But at the end of that cycle, I want to put the cursor in the locked area,
> which seems to be inaccessible, apparently because I'm using memory-relative
> cursor positioning.  When I try to do the subsequent IO sequence at line 3,
> the cursor ends up on line 6, "as close as it can get" to line 3. (and of
> course my prompt overwrites the first data line of the report).
>

How about if you turn the memory lock off, do your cursor position logic you
need to do and then place the cursor back at the appropriate spot and turn the
memory lock back on?  I'm not sure what you are trying to do, so this may be a
simplistic question.  For that matter, you could repaint the headings and turn
memory lock back on.
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